Burkina Faso is a west African nation, located next to Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, and Niger. Hip Hop in Burkina Faso began in the mid 1990s. Production of Hip Hop music has grown significantly since 2003. Emcees generally rap in French, though local languages such as More and Bambara are also used.

Yeleen (Myspace page, Wikipedia in German), from Ouagadougou, consists of one emcee- Smarty, and one chanter- Mawndoé. Yeleen translates to light in Bambara. Here are their videos: Vision de Vie and Mizaman. Yeleen has worked with Smockey (Myspace page). Here's his video for Zamana. Fada Dougou (Myspace page), resides in Chicago in the United States and his music has a reggae feel. Other groups or solo artists include: Koumankan, Faso Kombat, El Primo, Sofaa, and Pris'k.

other sites:
A blog about Hip Hop in Burkina Faso (in French): Burkina Rap Connexion. Here's his (Myspace page).
Another site (in French), with info on various artists: Stay Calm.
Ouaga Hip Hop (in French).
A small blog entry about Hip Hop in Burkina Faso and Yeleen: Awesome Tapes From Africa.
An academic article, touches other parts of Africa too: Hip Hop-movements in Mali and Burkina Faso.

more artists:
Féenose (Myspace page) now resides in Germany.
Bouge, video for Le Gouvernement.
K-Ravane, video for Vimaya Kanga.
Zap's Men, video for Ne Tapes la Femme.

If you've got any more info, lemme know- send me a message.